A 5-year-old Fowlerville girl test driving a kid-sized Grave Digger monster truck was stopped for speeding by a village officer with a sense of humor.

Fowlerville Police Officer Rebecca Kuzdek was on routine patrol Thursday when she spotted the little girl cruising around the Grandshire Estates trailer park behind the Wal-Mart in a souped up monster truck. She noticed Amanda Callahan recording the test drive and decided to have some fun. She activated her police cruiser lights for a "traffic" stop.

“Do you know how fast you’re going?” Kuzdek asked the 5-year-old girl with a smile.

Kuzdek expressed surprise when the little girl, Amiyah Crooks, told her she did not have a driver’s license.

“You’re driving with no license?” the officer asked.

“Kids don’t have licenses,” Amiyah laughed.

Callahan said her neighbor’s daughter was test driving the monster truck after Callahan and her boyfriend installed a bigger battery to “make it go faster” for her son when he returns from visiting family in Texas.

Callahan called the little girl’s mother, who was grocery shopping at Wal-Mart, and told her that her daughter received a ticket from a police officer for speeding in the Grave Digger.

The girl’s mother, Amber LaFave, rushed home and listened as Amiyah explained she did not have a license and got a ticket from a police officer. LaFave had a good laugh when she saw the "so cute" video.

Callahan said the village officer, who routinely patrols the trailer park, is just one of the local police officers who are dedicated to the community.

Kuzdek said it was all in the interest of fun.

"I love my community and love having fun with the kids," she said. "Police have done things like this for years, building a positive relationship with the people they serve. The little girls were very sweet."

Village Police Chief John Tyler agreed, noting: "With all the stuff going on in the world, it's a good way to show we are human, too."

Callahan, who lived for five years in Dallas, Texas, said the video was an opportunity to show that officers are good people who are dedicated to their community and the citizens.

The 43-second exchange illustrates a lighter side of police work in a world that too often wants to paint officers as bad, she added.

“They’re good people; they really are,” the 25-year-old Rochester Hills native said. “We had an officer save a life from a heroin overdose and an officer with a good sense of humor. They are really good people.”